Being kind to a dog may only take a part of your time, but it will repay you for the rest of its life.

Beibei is the name of a little white dog.

My wife doesn’t like to keep cats. She says cats are too gloomy. In static conditions, their eyes that change their meridians flash with phosphorus and cunning eyes. In motion, they make a "whoosh" sound in the dark. Without a trace, like a ghost.

I said cats can catch mice, and my wife said dogs can look after the house. Unable to resist the madam, she had no choice but to bring in another puppy.

When Beibei first arrived, he was only as big as a size 36 women's shoe, and a Guangming milk carton became his home. Since he had just been weaned and could not eat yet, my wife used a small spoon to feed him manually every day. It's strange that even after being fed until he was three years old, he still refused to eat on his own with his big eyes twinkling.

Just like an anorexic child, you have to pull it for every meal every day, sit cross-legged, put a cloth bib around your neck, and eat spoonful after spoonful Just feed it into its mouth. It's delicious, it's refreshing, and you can eat it in one bite. It doesn’t taste good, it doesn’t taste good, and it won’t swallow when it’s held in its mouth. Not only does it have to be coaxed to feed it, but it also has to be coaxed to eat slowly with its toys or after-dinner prizes, just like a The child who cannot speak is holding back his grievances, and his naive appearance is really endearing.

After barely finishing the meal, it has to "cash in" and give it the prize promised during the feeding, which is a piece of beef jerky. After "cheating" it into the mouth, it will use its puppy paws to hook the owner's fingers and stroke its ears, asking the owner to "willingly" like it and praise it, and then it will come with the beef cubes in its mouth with its tail erect and satisfied. My side "tells" me how "smart" it is and how much it is loved by its "mother".

When you have nothing to do, take it out for a walk often. It is very "coquettish" because of its pampering. It can't walk very far. It will hold my legs and "woo, woo" for a while, humming and complaining, as if it is telling that it is very tired from walking, with its little butt hanging on it and its mouth. He hummed and asked me to hold him for a while. Once it sits on my arm, it stands up, puts its two front paws on my shoulders, puts its shaggy puppy face close to my ear, and shows its "language" to passers-by with eyes that can express "language". How important "status" is and how rippling its "happiness" is.

During daily play, if anyone accidentally steps on its tail that symbolizes nobility, that tail that embodies the unique style of the Pekingese dog, it will be the most unpleasant event for it. It will stand In front of me, the humming "telling" sounded like a complaint and a complaint. Its grievance made people feel distressed. I had to say "I'm sorry" before it would "forgive". A lot of "dog language" that is incomprehensible to people often attracts laughter from others and becomes a beautiful scenery.

How could a puppy arouse such great favor from me? What kind of "dog debt" is owed? Even I can't explain it clearly. I don’t remember when I read an article. The title seemed to be "The Old Man and the Dog". It was about a lonely old man who lived on the bank of the Yellow River. He lived with a big yellow dog as his companion. The old man passed away. Then, the villagers buried the old man beside the Yellow River. The big yellow dog guards the old man's grave every day and refuses to leave without eating or drinking. The villagers brought the most delicious food to Huang Gou. Huang Gou looked at it gratefully, but still refused to eat a bite. He stayed there until he was dying and starved to death beside the old man's grave. With moist eyes, the villagers buried the yellow dog next to the old man's grave, so that it would stay with the old man forever.

The loyalty of dogs is not only read in the story. When the students were sent to the countryside, students from Chucheng were raised with a little black dog. Of course Ah Hei has no food rations. The smart puppy relies on its sense of smell to search for food all over the mountains and plains, and survives stubbornly without choosing what to eat. The puppy, who is good at understanding human nature, never expects a good meal. Occasionally, if we give it a cooked potato, it will stand up and thank the person who gave it with two paws.

Sometimes in order to get a good meal, the little black dog would run forty miles on its four tiny legs to return to its "mother"'s house for a good meal. The little black dog, which had suffered so much, still showed its loyal eyes. It communicates with us the emotions of adversity and passion, and protects our safety at night day and night.

When "Heili" came to me, it was already a time when pet dogs were "popular" in the city. It was a pure black Pekingese specially sent to Ma'anshan from Hefei by a friend. Its whole body was jet black and shiny, and the adult dog was only the size of a small bench. Because I was running a store and doing business at the time, I had no time to take care of it, so I sent it to Shanghai for my mother to take care of and raise.

Haili’s dim, expectant and reluctant eyes when she left me, and her four little paws hugging me tightly as she lay on the ground crying “woo, woo” and refused to leave, I am I reluctantly left it in Shanghai.

When I later learned that not only did Haili become a mother, but both mother and son were abandoned by their families and became the food for other people's "feast" in the alley, I felt so moved. The discomfort reached the extreme. I never thought that Hei Li would have such a tragic ending, and that it was the mother and son who suffered the same fate, which became a guilt in my conscience and a permanent heartache.

I like puppies and have given so many sad, happy and touching reasons, but is Beibei really that cute? When I am at home, if a friend comes to my door, Beibei will look at me and bark constantly, which "means" that he knows this old friend. And when we are both not at home, and a stranger approaches, it never barks, and its life is worth more than my gold coins. This is Beibei's "cunning" cuteness. In the cold winter, he would stand on the edge of my bed, tiptoeing on his little feet and pulling me with his puppy paws while I was sleeping, indicating that he was cold and wanted to cover me with a quilt. In the scorching heat of summer, it will pull me to the air conditioner and ask me to turn on the cooling for it, indicating that it is hot and needs to be cooled. If you don't agree, it will perform "heat panting", making you feel the pitifulness of its life. These intelligent actions are indeed not easy for a puppy to "think", and this kind of thinking increases my love for its "intelligence".

In fact, the truly lovely thing is life. What I love is life. Whether it is a puppy or a kitten, as long as it is a small life, I have an inexplicable love and affection for it. They are innocent and do what they want. They eat when they want and sleep when they want. They are cute. Of course, especially Beibei, today he took away your socks and was scolded, even reluctantly beaten. Tomorrow morning he will still ask you to go to his den to look for socks. He will not panic or shirk, but will hide them and scold you gently. Underneath, it is more of a kind of joy, a kind of peace, and a kind of joyful relief in the mood, without the slightest idleness when the family is bored.

In my free time, I sit next to the computer and type on the keyboard to write down some of my preferences. When I pause, I want to think about it, as if someone notified Beibei, it will be done immediately. Neng knew that his little buttocks were erect and his tail was blooming like a flower whisker, and he was running over. Then he stretched his front paws, stretched his thin waist, and then bowed his butt, telling me "I want to play for a while" in the "language" of animals. Then he put his two little paws on my knees and sat on my lap as a matter of course. Then he put his little paws on the desk, and the dog's head pressed against my cheek to express "closeness". It was very beautiful. A pair of big eyes stared at my computer, as if it could understand it, and its proud eyes showed its intelligence. Pampering and "noble" behavior often activate my brain, sending me inspirational thoughts and reveries, and writing articles about leisurely life in the clouds.

Dogs love, inexplicably. Eyes, unforgettable. I can't live without Beibei's eyes for a moment.

※That man, that mountain, that dog※

Text/Yun Xiangyi

That dog takes loyalty as its motto

That man lay like a big mountain

That mountain is so green

@ Let’s drink tea, read books, write letters, and relive the slow time each other has experienced.

(Text/Jingwu: Dear, waiting for your letter, remember to pay attention!)